Habiko lodges Warrington town centre plans

Muse and Wythenshawe Community Housing Group have been granted permission for the first two residential projects within the £500m regeneration of the civic centre.

Keepmoat subsidiary MCI Developments’ residential plans for Cheshire survived a nearly two-hour debate at yesterday’s planning committee meeting, which followed a deferment from February.

Property auctions in the North have changed significantly over the last decade. Volumes are higher and the demographic of sellers has widened, while buyers arrive far better informed than they used to. What was once a largely regional, relationship-led market is now a national one, operating at pace and under greater scrutiny, writes Andy Thompson of BTG Eddisons Property Auctions.

An EIA screening request has been lodged by the Bolton developer as it plots 275 homes near Nantwich, while a £32m low-carbon scheme near Knutsford has cleared the hurdle.

Urban Village Bars, which is in situ as operator of The Wayfarer, has bought the ground floor and basement of 1-5 Swan Street for £1.4m from the Manchester property firm.

Main contractor Legacie has delivered the 174-home Central Park project on a brownfield site in the Baltic Triangle.

Intending to hand over the last property in September 2028, partners L&Q, Lovell, and Trafford Council have banded together to build a mix of affordable and market residences on the former Tamworth Estate.

The garden village, one of the area’s largest housing allocations in Places for Everyone, will return to the council’s planning committee on 18 March after a letter of complaint was filed over councillors’ decision to reject the scheme in January.

Persimmon Homes Lancashire has commenced delivering a mixture of apartments, bungalows, and houses on 81 acres off Wigton Road in Morton, a suburb of the Cumbrian city.

With an integrated settlement due to land in April, increasing inward investment, and a growing pipeline of potentially transformative projects to deliver, now is the time for the city region to hit the accelerator, according to participants at a roundtable discussion hosted by Robertson Group.

A further 195 homes are recommended for approval at the council’s next strategic planning board, although proposals to expand a pub and hotel’s offering in Mere face rejection.

A 72-bed facility on a former hospital site has been rejected, while committee approved a visitor centre and other works for the Iron Line coastal path, along with Carlisle housing.

Leveraging a lack of five-year housing supply, the developer has put in for permission to build up a neighbourhood and accompanying spine road on 49 acres south of Nantwich.

Growth across the 10 boroughs that make up GM is outpacing the national average but leaders in places like Bolton, Oldham, and Rochdale are still fighting hard to overcome intracity region disparities. Participants at a roundtable discussion hosted by Euan Kellie Property Solutions explored how best to close the gap.

A draft supplementary planning document will go to consultation, as the council looks to prepare the way for up to 1,700 homes across Beal Valley and Broadbent Moss.

Consent has been established for the restoration of the fire-damaged 1750s building in a project that also includes new-build housing in the 17-acre grounds.

The nearly four-acre site off Ditton Lane will stay in council ownership, with the local authority exploring options on preserving it as a wetland habitat.

The group’s order book has also swelled to £19.1bn over the last 12 months, while revenue rose 10% to more than £5bn.

Icon Heritage wants to convert the upper floors of Preston’s historic shopping mall into 46 apartments.